The third-round winners within the EFL Cup 2025/26 won’t have lengthy to attend to search out out who they’ll play subsequent.
Extra Premier League golf equipment had been concerned within the third spherical, with groups participating within the Champions League and Europa League getting into for the primary time at this stage.
Reigning top-flight champions Liverpool have gained the EFL Cup a document 10 occasions, adopted by Manchester Metropolis with eight titles and Manchester United with six.
101GreatGoals.com has the complete draw for the 2025/26 EFL Cup fourth spherical and particulars of the schedule.
EFL Cup Third Spherical Betting Provides, Ideas & Predictions
When is the EFL Cup fourth spherical draw?
The draw will happen after third-tier facet Port Vale host Arsenal on Wednesday, September 24.
Presenter Simon Thomas will host the ceremony alongside former Liverpool and England midfielder Jamie Redknapp and ex-Sheffield United midfielder Michael Brown.
What time is the EFL Cup fourth spherical draw?
Arsenal vs Port Vale begins at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), which suggests the draw ought to happen shortly earlier than 22:00 BST (17:00 ET / 14:00 PT), relying on the quantity of added time within the sport and whether or not it requires penalties, which is able to happen whether it is degree after 90 minutes.
Ball numbers shall be confirmed by the EFL on the morning of the draw.
Tips on how to watch the EFL Cup fourth spherical draw: TV channel, reside stream
The draw shall be proven reside on Sky Sports activities Foremost Occasion and Sky Sports activities Extremely and may be streamed on Sky GO.
By way of Now TV, Sky Sports activities prices £14.99 for a day membership, £28 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.
Sky Sports activities memberships embrace entry to all 12 reside Sky Sports activities channels and Sky Sports activities+, which presents reside streams and a devoted channel.
EFL Cup third spherical fixtures, outcomes 2025/26
Tuesday, September 16
Brentford 1-1 (4-2p) Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Grimsby City
Crystal Palace 1-1 (4-2p) Millwall
Wednesday, September 17
Swansea Metropolis 3-2 Nottingham Forest
Tuesday, September 23
Barnsley vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley vs Cardiff Metropolis
Fulham vs Cambridge United
Lincoln Metropolis vs Chelsea
Wigan Athletic vs Wycombe Wanderers
Wolves vs Everton
Wrexham vs Studying
Liverpool vs Southampton
Wednesday, September 24
Huddersfield City vs Manchester Metropolis
Newcastle vs Bradford Metropolis
Tottenham vs Doncaster Rovers
Port Vale vs Arsenal
When is the EFL Cup third spherical 2025/26?
The fixtures are going down throughout the weeks of September 15 and 22.
EFL Cup second spherical fixtures, outcomes 2025/26
Wednesday, August 27
Everton 2-0 Mansfield City
Grimsby City 2-2 (12-11p) Manchester United
Fulham 2-0 Bristol Metropolis
Oxford United 0-6 Brighton
Tuesday, August 26
Burton Albion 0-1 Lincoln Metropolis
Accrington Stanley 0-2 Doncaster Rovers
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Stockport County
Stoke Metropolis 0-3 Bradford Metropolis
Burnley 2-1 Derby County
Sunderland 1-1 (5-6p) Huddersfield City
Birmingham Metropolis 0-1 Port Vale
Preston North Finish 2-3 Wrexham
Barnsley 2-1 Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 (3-0p) Leeds United
Studying 2-1 Wimbledon
Cambridge United 3-1 Charlton Athletic
Wolves 3-2 West Ham
Norwich Metropolis 0-3 Southampton
Bournemouth 0-2 Brentford
Millwall 2-1 Coventry Metropolis
Swansea Metropolis 1-1 (5-3p) Plymouth Argyle
Bromley 1-1 (4-5p) Wycombe Wanderers
Cardiff Metropolis 3-0 Cheltenham City
EFL Cup preliminary and first spherical outcomes 2025/26
EFL Cup preliminary spherical outcomes
Tuesday, July 29
Barnet 2-2 (2-4p) Newport County
Tuesday, August 5
Accrington Stanley 3-1 Oldham Athletic
EFL Cup spherical one outcomes
Tuesday, August 12
Barrow 0-1 Preston North Finish
Grimsby City 3-1 Shrewsbury City
Blackpool 0-1 Port Vale
Salford Metropolis 0-0 (2-3p) Rotherham
Harrogate City 1-3 Lincoln Metropolis
Tranmere Rovers 1-1 (4-5p) Burton Albion
Stockport County 3-1 Crewe Alexandra
Wrexham 3-3 (5-3p) Hull Metropolis
Stoke Metropolis 0-0 (4-3p) Walsall
Accrington 2-1 Peterborough United
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Bradford Metropolis
Middlesbrough 0-4 Doncaster Rovers
West Brom 1-1 (2-3p) Derby County
Chesterfield 0-2 Mansfield City
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Notts County
Coventry Metropolis 1-0 Luton City
Bristol Metropolis 2-0 MK Dons
Bromley 1-1 (5-4p) Ipswich City
Bristol Rovers 0-2 Cambridge United
Leyton Orient 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Watford 1-2 Norwich Metropolis
Charlton Athletic 3-1 Stevenage
Oxford United 1-0 Colchester United
Newport County 0-1 Millwall
Cardiff Metropolis 2-1 Swindon City
Gillingham 1-1 (2-4p) AFC Wimbledon
Northampton City 0-1 Southampton
Plymouth Argyle 3-2 QPR
Swansea Metropolis 3-1 Crawley City
Portsmouth 1-2 Studying
Wednesday, August 13
Barnsley 2-2 (5-4p) Fleetwood City
Bolton Wanderers 3-3 (2-4p) Sheffield Wednesday
Cheltenham City 2-0 Exeter
Huddersfield City 2-2 (3-2p) Leicester Metropolis
Birmingham Metropolis 2-1 Sheffield United
EFL Cup: Are Premier League within the Carabao Cup third spherical?
The 11 Premier League golf equipment not concerned in European competitors joined the competitors within the second spherical, giving EFL golf equipment their first pictures at offering upsets this season.
The 9 Premier League groups who’re in Europe at the moment are becoming a member of the EFL Cup third spherical.
EFL Cup dates 2025/26: When are the Carabao Cup spherical dates?
Spherical one began in the course of the second week of the EFL season. A brand new preliminary spherical additionally began in late July between the 2 golf equipment promoted from the Nationwide League final season and the groups who completed twenty first and twenty second in League Two.
There shall be cut up weeks in spherical three for golf equipment within the Champions League and Europa League.
EFL Cup preliminary spherical
Week commencing August 4, 2025
EFL Cup spherical one
August 11, 2025
EFL Cup spherical two
August 25, 2025
EFL Cup spherical three
September 15 and 22, 2025
EFL Cup spherical 4
October 27, 2025
EFL Cup spherical 5
December 15, 2025
EFL Cup semi-final first leg
January 12, 2026
EFL Cup semi-final second leg
February 2, 2026
EFL Cup ultimate
Sunday, March 22, 2026
EFL Cup TV channel: Tips on how to watch the Carabao Cup
All EFL Cup matches shall be obtainable to observe on Sky Sports activities or Sky Sports activities+ as a part of a deal between the league and the broadcaster to point out greater than 1,000 of the 1,891 video games throughout the EFL, EFL Cup and Bristol Road Motors Trophy.
By way of Now TV, Sky Sports activities prices £14.99 for a day membership, £26 a month for a six-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.
EFL Cup reside stream: Watch the Carabao Cup on-line
Sky Sports activities memberships embrace entry to all 12 reside Sky Sports activities channels and Sky Sports activities+, which presents reside streams and a devoted channel.
Followers can watch on-line and on the transfer with the SkyGO app, which is out there on an enormous vary of units together with good TVs, gaming consoles, set-top packing containers and cell units.
Do the EFL Cup winners qualify for Europe?
The EFL Cup winners obtain a spot within the play-off stage of the UEFA Convention League except they qualify via one other route for European competitors.
Newcastle had been an instance of the rule in motion in 2024/25, as an alternative qualifying for the Champions League via their league place.
That meant their Convention League play-off place went to the next-highest ranked group who had not certified for European competitors by way of their league place.
Do EFL Cup ties go to further time, replays and penalties?
Ought to they end degree after 90 minutes, EFL Cup ties go straight to penalties till the semi-finals, which happen over two legs.
If the scoreline is degree after the second leg, further time and – if needed – penalties are used to separate groups.
The ultimate is a one-off match at Wembley Stadium, with further time and penalties used if required.
Liverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties within the 2021/22 ultimate and edged the identical fixture after further time in 2023/24 via Virgil van Dijk’s 118th-minute winner.
Newcastle beat Liverpool 2-1 within the 2024/25 ultimate to win their first home trophy since 1955.
